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Russia registers first coronavirus death

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Medical staff wearing protective suits ride down an escalator at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on March 18, 2020. – President Vladimir Putin on March 17 said the coronavirus situation... Read More →

RCCG alters services in Lagos, Ogun over coronavirus

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has altered services in its parishes in Lagos and Ogun State in compliance with both government’s directive to curb coronavirus. RCCG’s... Read More →

Italy to extend lockdown measures over virus: Conte

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks during a news conference due to coronavirus spread, in Rome, Italy March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Remo CasilliLockdown measures taken in Italy over the... Read More →

Chile calls 'state of catastrophe' as Latin America fights virus

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

A policeman wears a face mask to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus, COVID-19, at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, in Santiago, on March 18, 2020. – Chilean President... Read More →

NBA chief defends league over virus tests for 'wealthy'

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 14, 2020 NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks to the media during a press conference at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere... Read More →

COVID-19 cases top 200,000 globally, death toll over 8,000 – WHO

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Kindly Share This Story: The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 200,000 cases of Coronavirus ( COVID-19) have now been reported to WHO and 8,000 people have lost their lives. Dr... Read More →

Two security guards in court for allegedly abandoning duty posts

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Two security guards, Haruna Moses, and Abdulhamid Lawal, on Thursday, appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly abandoning their duty posts. Moses and Lawal... Read More →

Woman fighting COVID-19 says it ‘feels like her body is on fire’

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

A woman fighting coronavirus said it felt like her whole body was on fire and she ‘had swallowed glass’. Mum-of-three Mandy Charlton, 46, was admitted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary... Read More →

TUC boss says political office holders not qualified for pension

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Mr Quadri Olaleye, the President, Trade Union Congress(TUC), says political office holders, by virtue of their tenure of office, do not qualify and should not be paid pension. Olaleye at a media... Read More →

COVID-19: Governors constitute sub-committee, pledge functional isolation centres

Thu Mar 19th, 2020     Comments

Kindly Share This Story: The Nigeria Governors‘ Forum (NGF) has set up a seven-member sub-committee to review the trend of the Coronavirus and global failing in petroleum price, as well... Read More →